MTSU's Tweety Knight (5) drives for a layup against Southern during Sunday's game.

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Middle Tennessee State rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit to beat Southern 78-75 on Sunday at Murphy Center to extend the nation's second-longest regular-season home winning streak to 29 games.

"That was big because we don't like losing at home," said senior forward Neiko Hunter, who scored a career-high 20 points. ...